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"This 'edition combines the characters profiled in Cyclopedias of Literary Characters (1963) and Literary Characters II (1990). It also includes all characters that appeared in more recent works of Masterplots II published through 1995.' Publisher's Note. 'Entries are arranged alphabetically by the title of the work ... [They] begin with the book's title, foreign title if originally published in a language other than English, author's name with birth...
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An alphabetical guide to every one of the named characters in Shakespeare's plays. Ranging from a few identifying lines to full essays over 1000 characters are listed. Shakespeare's own words are used to show both what characters are like and what their function is in the dramatic action.--[book cover].
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"At last, for fans of Baker Street, a complete and handy reference to the Great Detective's every case. What famous match was made in the Criterion Bar? In which story does Holmes reveal his extraordinary knowledge of cigars? Who was Irene Adler--and why, to Sherlock Holmes, was she always THE woman? A rich feast for both avid Sherlockians and new readers, Who's Who in Sherlock Holmes gives the complete cast of characters in all sixty adventures by...
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"Convinced that Shakespeare's characters 'are characters in a play with particular dramatic functions," Professor Kirschbaum analyzes and reinterprets some of them anew. His views of Shylock, Albany and Edgar (King Lear), Banquo, Hamlet Ophelia, Cleopatra, Romeo, Angelo (Measure for Measure), Margaret (Much Ado about Nothing), and Othello are basic to the understanding and the production of Shakespeare's plays. The essays, as Professor Roy W. Battenhouse...
20) The comic hero
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This lively book is a portrayal and a celebration of the hero in comedy, from ancient Greek literature to modern American fiction. Robert Torrance shows us a hero who survives by continually changing, who cherishes what others mock and commands assent by adherence to the truth of his own invention. The comic hero makes his debut as Homer's resourceful Odysseus, a king in beggar's rags, and reappears as the visionary jackanapes of Aristphanies' fantasies....
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